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 Can I get lost in the Way?
In Spain all the roads are signalled, especially the French road.
The signs are YELLOW ARROWS, painted in any place and along the whole road, especially in the
crossings or forks. The pilgrim quickly familiarizes with them and you see them fast.
What other alternatives do I have to guide me??
We offer you a good guide from Internet. Consult it! You also
have diverse guides written in the market as Everest, The country Aguilar, and others
that you will be able to locate in any bookstore.
Where do I begin?
You can begin wherever you want, but it calculates that the
pilgrim's stocking is of 25 km., a day, although each one adjusts it to its physical
condition.
Should I arrive to Santiago?
It is not indispensable; you can make it in several years, recapturing
it in the place that you stop it in the previous year.
Does it serve the same credential?
Yes, unless you have put many stamps and there is not more space left.
In this case you will take another.
What is the Compostela?
It is the document that they give you, if you want it, when you arrive
to Santiago of Compostela in the office of the pilgrim and that it credits that you have made
the pilgrimage
What kilometres should I make to obtain the Compostela?
Minimum 100 Km for those that go on foot and 200 Km for the bicycles.
Compostela or Compostelana?
Compostela. (Compostelana is the gentile of the woman born in Santiago).
Do I have to go quickly?
Each one goes like he/she wants, but our advice is that you
don't obsess yourself to run. Make it slowly and enjoy it, it is the best way of
understanding the St James Way
Can the grown-ups make the Way?
Of course, today an infrastructure of services exists such that even making
alone about 5 kms, a day, the pilgrim finds of everything, lodging, provisioning, etc.
Do I have to train?
It is convenient, because the hardness is not in making 25 km. day, but in making them many days and followed
Can I make other roads before that the call French Road?
You can make it, but we advise to begin with this, simply for their
signalling and infrastructure.
When can I make the way?
In any time of the year, right now. But for obvious reasons the best times in the year are spring, summer and autumn principles, and almost for this order
What is it the Sacred Year or Jacobeo?
Are those years in that Santiago's day (July 25), it falls in Sunday.
When are there more pilgrims in the way?
In summer, of course. In a city like Burgos, for example, in summer they can end up spending 200 pilgrims a day or even more, while in winter of 1 at 5 a week.
What lodgings are?
As you can see through the different stages that we show you in our pages,
there is of everything, from the housings that are assisted by voluntary people (hospitaleros),
to 5 stars' hotels in the capitals, going by pensions, inns, inns, etc.
How are the refugees?
It consults our stages, but anyway, like in everything, t
here are them very good, good and less good. We have classified them with a,
two or three pumpkins. (Three for the best).
Can one make reservation in a refuge?
No. Because they are more or less for free, it makes it impossible.
How can I arrive until......? (Transport)
We advise that you make it through any travel agency that today
is plentiful everywhere, it is the most practical thing and to the specialist being,
for sure they will offer you the best and cheaper thing to reach the starting point
that your you choose. Anyway we are studying the possibility to include links or connections
of specialized agencies, as well as RENFE, Iberia and others.
What years are going to be the next Saints years?
2.004, 2.010, 2.021.
That ULTREIA means!?
It comes from Latin. Ultra that means "there" and eia that means "spirit." It is a greeting of spirit among pilgrims. It is known of the "CODEX CALIXTINUS."
How do i have to eat?
It is good to eat more sugar, like fruits, chocolat...
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